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mouiller.

to make wet, get wet, dampen, moisten

8 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

verb/mu.je/
  1. to make wet, get wet, dampen, moisten

    transitive
  2. to water (down)

    transitive
  3. to cast, drop (anchor)

    transitive
  4. to palatalize

    transitive
  5. to anchor, lie at anchor

    intransitive
  6. to be so frightened as to piss oneself

    intransitive · slang
  7. to be wet

    intransitive · slang
  8. to rain

    Louisiana · Quebec · impersonal · intransitive
  9. to stick one's neck out

    informal · reflexive
    Tu ne te mouilles pas trop, à ce que je vois !
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old French moillier, from Vulgar Latin *molliāre (“soak”), a verb based on Latin mollis (“soft”). Compare Occitan molhar.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.